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Embedly Test

After much investigation, there are really only two viable solutions for embedding rich content into WordPress posts. Photos from popular sites like Flickr and Google Photos are covered fine by the built in Embed widget. My preferred media portfolio site, Smugmug, is also supported with out-of-the-box WordPress, although if you have a custom domain like […]

Windows 10 TP

I’ve been using Microsoft Windows 10 TP for quite some time now, with the full Microsoft 360 Office Suite and numerous other older and newer programs. There are some nit compatibility issues with really old stuff, but generally it’s a non-issue. The current build of the Technical Preview is quite stable. From a UX perspective, […]

oEmbed and WordPress

The WordPress blogs I maintain are hosted through Docker containers running in the cloud on Infrastructure-as-a-Service (iIaas). While this method of hosting a blog has many benefits like the ability to use your own domain names (e.g. tech.bitrox.io) and outstanding availability, it does come with some downsides. The primary downside for me is simply the […]